Bicycle-support.



No. 640,906. Pateutedwlan. 9, |900.; w. H. HART, 1n. BICYCLE SUPPORT.

(Application filed Mar. 6, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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VILLIAM II. HART, JR., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BICYCLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 640,906, dated January 9, 1900. Application filed March 6, 1899. Serial No. 707,916. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HART, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Supports, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of an improved construction of bicycle-support, the latter having legs provided with journals which are mounted in suitable bearings in the side pieces of pedal-frame, the upper extremity of each of said legs being deflected inwardly, so as to abut against the adjacent end portion of the pedal-frame when the support is in operative position, provision also being made for locking the support in inoperative position.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specically pointed out in the claims that follow the specification.

Figure l represents a perspective view of a bicycle-support embodying my invention and a pedal-frame to which the same is applicable, the support being shown in operative position. Fig. 2 represents a plan View of one end of the pedatframe, showing also the relative position of the terminals of the support when the latter is in operative position. Fig. 3 represents a side .elevation of the support in closed or inoperative position, showing also its relation to its pedal.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a bicycle-support, the same having the legs B, which are rotatably mounted upon the side pieces of the pedal-frame C by means of the journals B', the upper extremity of said legs being deflected inwardly, so as to form the members or limbs D, which act as stops and are adapted to abut against the contiguous end portion EV of the pedal-frame when the support is in open or operative position.

F designates a socket or grooved seat into which the legs B are `adapted to Ybe sprung when the support is in inoperative position.

The operation is as follows: The parts norinally appear as indicated in Fig. 3, the legs B of ,the support being seated in the socket F and lying laterally with respect to pedaln frame C, so as not to interfere with the foot of the rider. When it is desired to turn the support into operative position, it'is only necessary to exert a pull on the same in the direction of the arrow a (seen in Fig. 3) .sufficient to dislodge the legs B from the socket F, after which the support can be readily turned into the position seen in Fig. 1, its movement being limited by the contact of the members D with the adjacent end portion E of the pedal-frame.

The base of the support, which has two lengths of material made to broaden the same, has the member G projecting from the outer member upwardly or toward the journals of the leg, forming a shoulder, between which and the legs is a Vertical space for the engagement of the toe of the wearers shoe for throwing down the support from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 2, said shoulder in Fig. 3 being sufficiently below the pedal-frame in order to insert the shoe-toe between said parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A bicycle support consisting of legs, journals below the upper ends thereof, and limbs on said ends, said journals and limbs extending inwardly from said legs, and a pedal-frame having openings in its side walls to receivel said journals and .an end Wall against which said limbs abut, said journals and the openings therefor in the frame being adjacent to said end wall.

2. The combination with a pedal-frame, of resilient legs mounted thereon, at or near one end thereof and provided at top with limbs adapted to abut against said frame, and grooved seats on the sides of said frame into which said legs may be sprung in inoperative position.

3. In a bicycle-support, a pedal-frame in combination with legs mounted thereon, a base connecting said legs, and an upturned shoulder on the outer member of said base toward said pedal-frame forming a vertical passage between said shoulder and said legs.

WILLIAM l-I. HART, JR. Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. C. WIEDERSHEIM. 

